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The ensemble ScheckMate starts with historic instruments (baroque cello and theorbo) to recreate the spirit of invention in Italy around 1700, making the music of the past a present and living tradition. In the second... more >
Fortepianist David Hyun-sun Kim returns to Colby with violinist Lauren Basney to present a program of Mendelssohn and Schumann. The duo will perform on early-19th-century instruments including a fortepiano built in Maine by Rodney Regier.
Music’s Quill (Timothy Neill Johnson, tenor, and Timothy Burris, lute) will be joined by special guest Colby Professor of History Raffael Scheck on cello.
Performers and speakers: Matthew Houston (UMaine Farmington, Philospphy), Christiane Guillois (Colby College, French), Steven Nuss (Colby College, Music), Steve Pane (UMaine Farmington, Music), Feldman’s Last Pieces are short, aphoristic works for piano that are hot topics in... more >
Associate Professor Emerita Ursula Reidel (German), Associate Professor Steven Nuss (Music), and pianist Nathan Trivers ’17 perform and discuss Morton Feldman’s Palais de Mari (1986). Organized by Colby’s Music Department.
Mark Leighton, guitar, will perform music composed for, transcribed by, or reintroduced into the repertoire by Andrés Segovia during a career that spanned nearly the entire 20th century. Included will be compositions by J.S. Bach,... more >
Heidi Powell (baroque violin), Timothy Burris (lute and theorbo), and Raffael Scheck (baroque cello) perform baroque music by Bach, Corelli, Handel, and de Marzis on period instruments. The Music in the Museum series is organized... more >
Experience great art and great music! In conjunction with the Colby Museum, the Atlantic Music Festival will be offering an afternoon of eclectic chamber music performances. The program will include an array of vibrant works... more >
